Things which one studying Shakespeare should know about
The almost religious admiration of Shakespeare as the greatest writer in human history. This belief treats Shakespeare like a secular bible and assumes his works are timeless portrayals of human character
What is Bardolotry
Jack Dawson and Jordan Belfort are among the most notable of his characters.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio
This is the name of Phillip Henslowe's theater in Shakespeare in Love
What is the Rose?
Whose misadventures piteous overthrows
doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
What is the prologue
Speaker: Chorus
Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail by fate or external circumstances
What are Star-Crossed Lovers
This Playwright was born the same year as Shakespeare, and is best known for his works Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus
Who is Christopher Marlowe
This Actor has played King and Kingsman, but is perhaps best known for his roles in romantic comedies.
Who is Colin Firth
Shakespeare was both born and laid to rest in this Town
What is Stratford-upon-Avon
I fear too early, for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
Act 1 scene 4, going to the party
speaker: Romeo
It is this well known curse which Mercutio issues in his dying breath
What is "A plague o' both your houses"
Per the OED: the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world
What is Astrology
This Dame is quite versed in Shakespeare, but owes a large portion of her box office recognition for playing a character who goes by a single letter.
Who is Judi Dench
It is in this place where Baz Luhrmann's version of the tale takes place
What is Verona Beach?
Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,
And so did I. Well, we were born to die
Act 3 scene 4, spoken by Capulet
As defined in the Folger notes: A race in which the rider in the lead chooses the course.
in modern language: a foolish, fruitless, or hopeless quest
What is A wild goose chase?
An English author and poet credited with writing the narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), which Shakespeare then adapted into Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Arthur Brooke?
This Australian Actor, has received much acclaim for his roles in Film and Theater, but is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of a pirate captain with a mischievous pet monkey
Who is Geoffrey Rush
This theater is the site of where Romeo and Juliet first Premiered, per Shakespeare In Love
What is the Curtain theater?
Where the devil should this Romeo be?
Came he not home tonight?
What is Act 2 Scene 4, Speaker: Mercutio - searching for Romeo after seeks out Juliet
This word is used to ask why in one of the most famous lines of the play
What is "Wherefore?"
Per the OED: the science of the origin and development of the universe
What is Cosmology
An Actor known for his supporting roles in The Menu, Chef, and John Wick
Who is John Leguizamo
It is by this place's laws that the Apothecary doth protest
What is Mantua
Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew
(O woe thy canopy is dust and stones!)
Which with sweet water nightly I will dew
Act 5, Scene 3 line 12-15
said by Paris entering Juliet's grave
What might be meant when someone says Benedicite
what is a blessing/bless you?